Legal Question in Family Law in New York

I am an American woman who have been married to an Panamanian man for 19 years and we also have 4 children together. My husband was deported to Panama and he married a Panamanian woman even we were still married. Which wife legal rights?


Asked on 5/21/12, 10:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Philip Katz Fink & Katz, PLLC

According to the law in this country, until your husband legally divorces you (which he can do in Panama according to Panamanian law), any future marriage he has is a nullity. Therefore, the U.S. would not recognize his second marriage if entered into without his having been divorced from you. I am not sure, however, what "legal rights" you are interested in determining if you have.

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Answered on 7/08/12, 6:33 pm


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